Dear GANS Community,

We are excited to share some updates and upcoming geospatial events! Read the GANS Winter 2020 Newsletter for recaps on recent engagements and to get the scoop on new opportunities to look forward to!

All the best,

GANS Board of Directors

Event Recap

Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent events! We hope you enjoy them. As always, feedback is welcome and we look forward to hosting even more and even better activities for you!

Professional Development Day:
Smart Cities & Communities - November 26, 2019

In November, we hosted a Professional Development Day Series Event, 'Smart Cities & Communities: A Spatial Approach to Efficiency." 

Organizations that presented:

• Halifax Water
• CarShare Atlantic
• iValley
• ESRI
• Black Arcs 
• Green Power Labs
• DalTRAC
• City of Summerside

COGS Industry Expo - January 21, 2020

GANS recently had a table at the COGS annual Industry Expo event to share with students and professionals what we do, how to pursue a career in geomatics, and how we together can contribute to the geospatial community. COGS invited students, faculty and professionals all to attend, and we enjoyed taking part. Thank you all who came and said say "hi!"

GoGeomatics Social - January 22, 2020

Upcoming Geomatics-Related Events in 2020

• PD Day: Digital Twins Technology and Building Information Modelling (BIM) - February 25
• GANS outdoor social event: Geocaching! - April (details TBA)
• GANS AGM - May (details TBA)
• CAG/ACG 2020 - Resilience on a Dynamic Planet - May 25-28
• GeoIgnite 2020: Canada's National Geospatial Event - June 22-24
• FOSS4G 2020 - August 24-29 (if you're interested in speaking, the first deadline for talk submission is February 4)

Check our Events page regularly to stay up-to-date on all future GANS events!

Professional Development Day:
Digital Twins Technology and Building Information Modelling (BIM) - February 25

2020 GANS Annual General Meeting - May (TBA)

Become a GANS Sponsor

Go to our Sponsors page to learn more about how you can become a sponsor and what your benefits as a sponsor will be!

Here's an outline of our Sponsorship Program:

Article Feature:

Women in Geomatics Spotlight: Lucie Kendell

Read about Lucie here. 

FREE GANS Student Membership!

Geographic Education Posters: 
Be Our Next Contributor!

Did you go to high school in Nova Scotia and are now working in the geomatics sector? We want you to be part of our educational posters! 

Find out more on our Geographic Education and Geospatial Related Careers page.

GANS Membership Renewal - Reminder

A note from Dave, GANS Treasurer: "Just a friendly reminder - don't forget to renew your GANS membership if you haven't already! Check your early January emails as you may have received a renewal notice from us. And thanks to you who've already renewed!"